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Jimenez rescues point for Malaga

MALAGA maintained its unbeaten start to the La Liga season when teenager Juanmi came off the bench to rescue a 1-1 draw at home to Real Mallorca on Saturday.

The stalemate at the Rosaleda meant Malaga, which had Eliseu sent off late, missed the chance to join Rayo Vallecano on six points at the top of the standings after the Madrid club won 2-1 at Real Betis in the earlier kickoff.

Rayo's Brazilian-born teenager Leo, who turned 20 yesterday, drove home the winner half an hour from time in Seville having set up Piti to score in the second minute before Jorge Molina leveled for Betis two minutes later.

"It's a dream come true," Leo told reporters.

"I just did what I know best, play football," he added. "But we have to keep a clear head and keep working just as hard."

Barcelona can join Rayo on six points from two matches with a win at Osasuna yesterday, while champion Real Madrid is looking to bounce back from last weekend's La Liga draw at Valencia and Thursday's 2-3 defeat at Barcelona in the first leg of the Spanish Super Cup when it plays at city rival Getafe.

Malaga has made a bright start to the season despite seeing Spain midfielder Santi Cazorla and Venezuela striker Salomon Rondon depart for Arsenal and Rubin Kazan, respectively.

Mallorca's Israeli forward Tomer Hemed netted a 67th-minute header to give the Balearic Islanders the lead against the run of play on the south coast, in a match that kicked off at 11pm to minimize the summer heat.

Juanmi, who was born in Malaga and came through the club's youth academy, equalized for the home side when he skipped on to Francisco Portillo's pass in the 76th and poked the ball past Dudu Aouate in the Mallorca goal.

Eliseu, another second-half substitute, was shown a straight red card a minute from time after he tangled with midfielder Pina.

Also, it was: Real Zaragoza 2, Espanyol 1; and Real Sociedad 2, Celta Vigo 1.


 

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